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With Ed Norton, Marvelites Get the Movie Monster They Deservenew
This Bruce Banner has the same soft-voiced, nerdy naturalism Ed Norton brought to Fight Club. The idea is to upgrade The Hulk from comic book teen dream to boomer alter ego.
New York Press |
Armond White |
06-12-2008 |
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Feel Ed Norton's Dark Side -- Againnew
Affable dork with dark side becomes rager to be reckoned with. Who but Edward Norton?
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
06-12-2008 |
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'Kung Fu Panda' Tests Martial Arts Selling Powernew
Jack Black + an animated panda + martial arts = box-office gold!
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-11-2008 |
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Adam Sandler's Latest Has Good Intentionsnew
In terms of laughs per minute, You Don't Mess With the Zohan is notably funnier than most films about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-11-2008 |
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The Mediocrity of the 'Sex and the City' Movienew
Sex and the City doesn't work as well on the big screen, but diehard fans will be pleased.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-11-2008 |
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Filmmaker Errol Morris' Pretty, Pretty Torturenew
Morris should be ashamed of his lazy, offensive documentary about Abu Ghraib.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-11-2008 |
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Grocery-store Politics Create a Successful Satire in 'The Promotion'new
The Promotion not only satirizes the American dream's moral price tag, it suggests that grocery stores, as possible places of employment, offer the worst of both worlds.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-11-2008 |
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Christopher Bell Examines a Nation on Steroidsnew
Bell holds a personal stake in its justifications, though, which sets up Bigger, Stronger, Faster as both a balanced (if sometimes overstuffed) two-hour take on the country where size matters, big time.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
David Lee Simmons |
06-11-2008 |
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M. Night Shyamalan's Latest Twist?new
Once a wunderkind of suspense manipulation -- infamous for his third-act twists but watched for every adroit set piece that came before -- M. Night Shyamalan has recoiled from the disaster of Lady in the Water by making his first lazy movie, a picture that grinds from one obligatory shock to another.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
06-11-2008 |
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In Defense of M. Night Shyamalannew
Like an otherwise artsy band who garners commercial success on the strength of one atypically radio-friendly song, with The Sixth Sense Shyamalan established a base of moviegoers who have since strained to find the same sort of big-box-office spookiness and twists instead of recognizing what each subsequent film has actually had to offer.
San Antonio Current |
Cynthia Hawkins |
06-11-2008 |
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Precocious Kids War Over a Film in 'Son of Rambow'new
Screenwriter and director Garth Jennings simply hasn't invested enough in his characters amid their cute shenanigans to make us care. Better if he'd forgotten his fantasy ideal and let real little boys be boys.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
06-11-2008 |
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Tags: Garth Jennings, Son of Rambow
'Standard Operating Procedure' Lets the Soldiers of Abu Ghraib Hang Themselvesnew
Errol Morris has pointed his lens at lion tamers, Floridians, a Holocaust denier and now the Abu Ghraib soldiers, who talk themselves right into perdition.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
06-11-2008 |
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It Had to Be Lou
The Incredible Hulk rekindles the spirit of a mediocre TV series.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-10-2008 |
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Jack Black Stars in the Animated Film 'Kung Fu Panda'new
Kung Fu Panda star Jack Black talks about finding his inner dragon, super breath power, and his favorite Biblical exclamation.
'Sex and the City' Movie Strictly for the Fansnew
Sex and the City in movie form comes with all the delights, pitfalls and plot twists of a full season of the HBO series.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Harrington |
06-06-2008 |
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